ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 200 / C&RL News ■ March 2003 P r e s e r v a t i o n N e w s Jane Hedberg State of preservation in libraries T h e C ouncil o n Library a n d In fo rm a tio n Re­ sources (CLIR) has pub lish ed The State o fP res­ enationPr ograms in American Collegea nd Research Libraries: Building a Common Understanding and Action Agenda, by Anne R. Kenney an d Deirdre C. Stam. It su m m arizes th e resu lts o f surveys co m p leted b y 116 libraries an d follow -up vis­ its to 20. T h e libraries su rv ey ed in clu d ed m id­ size u n iv e rsity lib ra rie s fro m th e U n iv ersity Library G ro u p , m a jo r lib ra rie s a t la n d g ra n t institutions th a t are n o t m em b ers o f th e A sso­ cia tio n o f R e se a rc h L ibraries (ARL), a n d lib ­ e ra l arts c o lle g e lib ra rie s b e lo n g in g to th e O b e rlin G ro u p . T h e surv ey c o m p le te d b y all 116 lib raries w a s d e s ig n e d to elicit in fo rm a ­ tio n c o m p a r a b le to th a t p u b li s h e d in ARL’s “P re s e rv a tio n Statistics 2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 .” T his 56- page report outlines the survey responses, trends in p reserv atio n activities, a n d p erceiv ed p re s­ erv atio n n eed s. It also p u ts fo rth re c o m m e n ­ d atio n s fo r fu tu re action. C opies o f th e re p o rt are av ailab le free-of- c h a rg e in PD F a n d HTML fo rm a ts at h t t p : / / w w w . c l i r . o r g / p u b s / a b s t r a c t / p u b l l l a b s t . htm l, o r for $20 in print (ordering inform ation is available o n th e sam e Web page). RLG m icrofilm ing addendum T he R esearch Libraries G ro u p (RLG) has p u b ­ lished RLG Guidelinesf o r M icrofilming to Sup­ port Digitization, by Lars Meyer o f Em ory Uni­ v e rsity a n d J a n e t G ertz o f C o lu m b ia U niver­ sity. In te n d e d to su p p le m e n t th e RLG Preser­ vation Microfilming Handbook an d the RLG Ar­ chives Microfilming Manual, it provides guidance for creating m icrofilm that m eets current p re s­ erv atio n stan d ard s, a n d can b e dig itized effi­ ciently to p ro d u c e high-quality digital im ages. T he guidelines hav e tw o prim ary goals: to im­ p ro v e m icrofilm fo r digitizing a n d to re d u c e th e co st o f digitizing fro m microfilm . This p ublication is available free-of-charge in PD F a t h t t p : / / w w w . r l g . o r g / p r e s e r v / m icrosuppl.pdf. D igitization course D igitization fo r C ultural a n d H eritage P rofes­ sionals will b e held May 11-16, 2003, in Chapel Hill, N orth C arolina. O ffered b y th e School o f In fo rm a tio n a n d L ibrary S cien ce at th e U ni­ v ersity o f N o rth C aro lin a-C h ap el Hill (UNC- CH), in asso c ia tio n w ith th e H u m an ities A d­ v a n c e d T echnology a n d Inform ation Institute at th e U niversity o f G lasgow a n d F o n d re n Li­ brary at Rice University, the w eek -lo n g course w ill c o n sist o f 15 le c tu re s , 2 in te ra c tiv e s e s ­ sio n s, 5 la b - b a s e d p ra c tic a ls, a n d 2 visits to special library collections. It is designed to pro ­ vide participants w ith a com prehensive u n d er­ standing o f creating digital cultural collections. Seamus Ross an d Ian A nderson from Glasgow, H elen T ibbo a n d Steven Weiss from UNC-CH, Lisa Spiro fro m Rice, a n d P aul C o n w ay from D u k e U niversity w ill serve as faculty. Registration costs $775 a n d includes study m aterials, m id-m orning coffee, lunch, a n d af te r n o o n tea. To reg ister, s e e th e W eb site at h tt p :/ /w w w .il s .u n c .e d u / D C H P /. F o r m o re information, contact A nn Lambson, SILS, Man­ n in g H all C B #3360 , UNC-CH, C h a p e l Hill, NC 27599-3360; p h o n e : (919) 963-8366; fax: (9 1 9 ) 962-8071; e-m ail: la m b s o n @em ail. unc.edu. Preserving hom e m otion pictures T h e A sso ciatio n o f M oving Im ag e A rchivists is sponsoring a Web site that provides informa­ tio n a b o u t “p r e s e rv in g m o tio n p ic tu re film materials outside o f sp ecialized archives, w ith a focus o n sto rag e at h o m e .” W ritten b y J e a n - Louis B igourdan o f th e Im age Perm anence In­ s titu te , Liz C offey o f th e R h o d e Is la n d H is­ torical Society, an d D w ight Sw anson of N orth­ east H istoric Film, th e W eb site co v ers stocks an d soundtracks, d am ag e an d decom position, inspection, cleaning an d repair, projection, cop­ ies, storage p rep aratio n , h o m e storage, disas­ ters, a n d eq u ip m en t suppliers. It also includes resources, links, a glossary, an d charts o f Kodak film ed g e codes. T h e URL is h t t p : / / w w w . f i l m f o r e v e r . org. ■ Jane Hedberg is preservation program officer at Harvard University Library, e-mail: jane_hedberg@harvard.edu; fax: (617) 496-8344 http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/publllabst http://www.rlg.org/preserv/ http://www.ils.unc.edu/DCHP/ http://www.filmforever mailto:jane_hedberg@harvard.edu C&RL News ■ March 2003 / 201